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'Leners Pam.: No. eomaaaed Jung 25, 1867.

TDY PISTOL.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERNi Be it known that we, BENJAMIN .SIIEnwoon and DANIEL FITZGERALD, of the city of New York, have invented a new and useful Toy Pistol and we hereby declare thatfthe following is a full and exact description thereof.A

To enable others to make and useour invention, we proceed to describe its construction and operation, reference being had to the drawings hereunto annexed, and making part of this specification.

Fignrel, longitudinal section of the body.

Figure 2, longitudinal section, with the works.

Figure-3, side elevation.

Figure 4, endl of the stock, or the pistol without the works.

Figure 5,-tlie same with the works.

The samesletters refer tothe same things in all the drawings.

A, the barrel, which is the quarter of a circle, with the muzzle a little extended; B, the exterior of th barrel; C, the propeller; D, the lever end of the same; E, the trigger; F, the socket, made to receive an elasticresistant; Gustoms,v around which nre coiled the two branches of the wirc spring H,'wl1ich give impulse to the missile; H, the coiled wire spring;` I, the missile.

-` ,The nature of this invention consists in making a wire spring, pirated below the pistol, act inl the quadrant to throw a missile. It is a pistol whose impelling power upon the ball is a double coiled spring. The purpose of its peculiar construction is to make a toy pistol cheap, and so tha-t it will need -no rammel', and not be liable `To this end we make it in halves, as the wayin which it can be easiest made, and it thus requires the fewest l pieces; Two peces,-likc iig. 1 are cast, and the follower C D pnt between the double coiled spring H, iig. 5, the wire being previously passed through a hole in it, or on a notch. The trigger, which is simply a bent wire,

-is laid in its place (ig.2.) Thepiece of India rubber is put in thc socket at F, and then the two parts are put together, the stems Gr entering into the coils of the spring, and the small journal upon the end of one of the stems put into a hole in C D. .The two 'parts thus put together are riveted, and `the construction of the toy pistol is complete.

To operate it, the lever Dis carried forward, thus bringing vthe `follower back in the barrel, anddown the quadrant curve of the barrel. Here the follower C, which reaches down into the curved part of the barrel,- catches; it moves past the trigger E, and .that snaps in and holdsit in position. The torpedo, ball, or other missile,- I, can be thrust into the muzzle with the finger, and no ramrod is necessary. It is discharged by pulling at the trigger, and the follower C is thrown forward to impel the ball with whatever force there may be Yin the spring H, and this can easily'be as much asit would be safe to use.

What we claim as our invention, Vand desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The lever D,` provided with a follower, G, on one end, and used in combination with Vthe curved barrel and trigger E, as and for the purpose specified. 4 i 2. The combination of the rubber set in the socket F, with the curved barrel and lever D, as and for the purpose specified. v i

3. The curved barrel A, when used in combination with a follower, which does not operate outside of the rear of the barrel, but which operates upon the ball or missile to be sent, around the curve in the barrel, as and for the purpose specied.

4. The form of the trigger E, adapted to be laid in between the two halves of the pistol, and not to need fastening.

BENJAMIN sHnRWooD, DANIEL FITZGERALD.

Witnesses:

OWENG. WARREN, J. D. STURTEVANT. 

